Asistente de Edición - UCE

United Nations Development Programme

Location:
Santiago, Chile
Grade:
NPSA-5
Category:
General Staff
Posted Oct 20, 2026Apply by Oct 28, 2026 (6d left)
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The position supports editing, style correction, and orthotypographic review of technical-pedagogical documents produced by the Unidad de Currículum y Evaluación (UCE) to ensure clarity, coherence, terminological consistency, linguistic precision, communicative adequacy, and formal presentation. The role involves editorial and linguistic support to improve the quality, readability, and consistency of documents without defining curricular content or making substantive technical-pedagogical decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Perform orthographic, grammatical, orthotypographic, and style correction of technical-pedagogical documents produced by UCE.
  • Review clarity, coherence, cohesion, fluency, structure, terminological consistency, and communicative adequacy of documents such as Curricular Bases, Study Programs, pedagogical guidelines, curricular support documents, technical reports, minutes, presentations, and other materials produced by the Unit.
  • Propose editorial adjustments to improve text comprehension while preserving the technical-pedagogical meaning defined by specialist teams.
  • Support editorial processes through change control, comments, version review, incorporation and consolidation of observations, systematization of editorial criteria, style guidelines, and preparation of documents for internal review, technical validation, layout, publication, or dissemination.
  • Coordinate editorial adjustments with UCE professionals, disciplinary specialists, technical teams, designers, layout artists, or other institutional counterparts, ensuring clear and timely communication about progress, observations, and requirements.
  • Plan, organize, and execute assigned editorial tasks, ensuring compliance with deadlines, formats, priorities, and delivery mechanisms defined by the technical counterpart.
  • Perform other functions within the functional profile necessary for efficient project operation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR High School certificate with 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with secondary education or 2 years with a bachelor's degree.
  • Relevant experience includes editing, style correction, orthotypographic correction, linguistic review, and textual coherence of written documents.
  • Experience editing or reviewing non-fiction texts, educational materials, school texts, institutional publications, manuals, reports, pedagogical content, or outreach materials.
  • Experience participating in editorial processes including original review, version control, incorporation of observations, coordination with authors, specialists, technical teams, designers, or editorial counterparts.
  • Experience with editorial or design tools such as Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, or equivalents.
  • Experience with remote and collaborative work tools such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Docs, Google Drive, and cloud storage.
  • Experience with traditional Microsoft Office tools: advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Fluency in Spanish is required.
  • Candidates must provide certificates or similar documents to prove experience with the mentioned tools.

Skills

  • Editing
  • Style Correction
  • Orthotypographic Correction
  • Linguistic Review
  • Textual Coherence
  • Editorial Workflow Management
  • Version Control Systems
  • Coordination with Authors
  • Coordination with Technical Teams
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • InDesign
  • MS Teams
  • Zoom
  • Google Docs
  • Google Drive
  • Cloud Data Storage
  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint

Languages

Spanish